1 – Missionaries often return
to Canada praising the Lord for what He is doing in places like Kenya, the
Caucasus or elsewhere.They describe to
the best of their understanding God’s plan for the country or geographic region.Yet Christians living in Canada seldom speak
with unction (prophetic and biblical accuracy) of God’s plan for our
nation.We can discern what organized
church is not doing well and we can describe accurately how our country is
slipping deeper into rebellion.But we do
not have a firm grasp of God’s plan to turn the population towards Him.Indeed, we have more of a sense of being abandoned
as a nation to drift down an ungodly path of choice.It is more likely today that a missionary
from elsewhere will come with a prophetic message of God’s plan for Canada.Missionaries rarely visualize God’s work
through denominational prisms; that is to say they don’t envision the divine plan
for Kenya piecemealed into Pentecostal, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and United
Church parts.Frankly, denominational
pluralism is not a goal described in the Bible.Denominational (and local church) parochialism has weakened the influence
and credibility of the Body and greatly facilitated the secularization of our
nation.Blinded by organizational
self-interest, church pride and inter-denominational distrust, if not contempt,
Canadian believers have failed to recognize and thus embrace God’s unified vision
for our nation.Since profession of Biblical
truth brings unity within the Body, the measure of disunity among Canadian
believers reflects the distance that parts of the Body have wandered away from
God’s Word.To breach the “status quo”
witness we have to start seeing ourselves as more than insular members of a
neighbourhood body of Christians, as important as local congregations are.Furthermore, we must lift our field of view beyond
the level of our denomination or affiliated group of churches.We have to return to the early church
mindset of one church, one fellowship, one Body of God’s elect. We must think and operate as unified members
of Canadian Christendom.

Call for a More Comprehensive Creed

2 – Until Canadian
Christendom addresses its unholy mix of authentic faith, theological ignorance,
doctrinal deception, heresy, indifference and apostasy, national revival is very
unlikely.It is true that nothing is
impossible with God.But do we really
want to put Him to the test by sticking with the “status quo” witness leaving
all for God to miraculously fix, somehow inexplicably redeeming, purifying, unifying
and expanding His Church.How would such
a miracle unfold?Would we wake-up one
day to discover that Adventists, Baptists, Anglicans and Catholics like
fellowshipping together?Would we
wake-up one day and find that only 100 NACC congregations and 20,000 COC
members are all that remains of the United Church?Would we wake-up one day and discover a divine
tablet had been left detailing an augmented creed defining the essentials of the
Christian Worldview in this era of unprecedented new technologies and religious
liberalism?And if the tablet was there
for all to read and comprehend, would the Holy Spirit reboot the consciences of
those believers who have grown accustomed to personal freedom of conscience and
who cherish the “prerogative” to determine what is right and wrong for themselves?Would it not be miracle of “Parting the Red Sea” proportion to find
that all believers were more than willing to profess this new statement of
beliefs, identifying and unifying all members of the authentic Church, differentiating
real believers from counterfeit? Not likely
to happen miraculously.If national revival
is to come along these lines, we will have to bear the brunt of the preparatory
work.To start, Canadian
Christendom needs a new augmented creed, an unambiguous declaration of the Christian Worldview, that embodies all
the traditional creedal statements plus explicit statements on euthanasia,
abortion, homosexism, marriage, cloning and other festering moral and religious
issues.

Call for Collective Repentance

3 – If national revival is
to come, we must also take ownership of our personal and collective transgressions
and genuinely repent of REBELLION, HARD-HEARTEDNESS,DISOBEDIENCE, PRIDE,
DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS, UNHOLINESS, PERVERSIONandINDIFFERENCE.Canadian
Christendom needs to come before God on a unified national scale, in Christ,
praying from a position of spiritual brokenness pleading for a change of mind
and heart, for purity of conviction and a fresh anointing of commitment, wisdom
and discernment.There will be no
revival without a broken and contrite heart, a new wholesome reverence for
Christ, and a renewed priority for evangelizing the lost.

Call for Purity in Christian Fellowship and Public Witness

4 – Until Canadian
Christendom recognizes the spiritual cost of fellowshipping with deceivers and apostates
and consequently takes great care to separate from these bearers of false
doctrines, revival will be unlikely.It
is time that authentic believers recognize that no kingdom vine can be a branch
of the United Church of Canada.Any person, church or organization claiming
the name “United Church of Canada” needs to be isolated from the Body with
gentleness and humility.Those who claim
to be evangelical reformers within the apostate denomination need to be treated
the same way and prayed for to come to their senses and leave.

Action at a Personal Level

5 – This website and Pivot of Civilization or Rivet of
Life? are offered to
equip and encourage Christians to be better disciples of Jesus Christ.Beyond being informative, these references are intended to be incitements to action.StandForGod.Org
is a general call to
take up a more ardent, scripturally accurate, influence-driven stand for God. The
Organization is a means by which like-minded Christians can find each
other and fellowship. If your mind is in accord and your heart is at
peace with StandForGod.Org, prayerfully consider membership and posting awww.StandForGod.Org bumper sticker on your car or elsewhere.